Thread by @Moore_J_M, 2021 Books - a thread 1/Ekwensi’s tale of petty-bourgeoisie life in pre-independence [...]

2021 Books - a thread

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Ekwensi’s tale of petty-bourgeoisie life in pre-independence Lagos.

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@blackforacaus’s brilliant autobiographical account of his experiences as one of the Oval 4. Theoretically informed and a damming indictment of the racism of the criminal justice system.

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Jackie Kay’s powerful poem/play giving voice to enslaved African women. The past is in the present.

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Another world is possible.

Brilliant new novel from @courttianewland

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1981 CP trying to get to grips with policing. Some really good insights but the please for democratic accountability feel very dated.

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Prisons and prison reform in the land of Beccaria and Lombroso. Great account of reform’s failure (or possibly its success).

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Roy on language and the rise of fascism in India. Brave and powerful writing.

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Fiction writing at its finest. Thank you @Jenni_Fagan, you blew my mind.

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Stunning writing. The intersections of age, gender and race explored by @RavenLeilani in beautiful prose. A pleasure to read.

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Inside the mind of the most important (British) police of the 20th century.

Not pretty.

“Freedom and public order, in the widest sense, must be the priorities for the police of tomorrow”

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Really pleased to find a copy of this.

Postmodernism as the cultural dominant in the post-industrial order of late capitalism. Theoretically grounded analysis of the future the South Wales valleys were facing in the early 90s.